Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 247: Should I marry a girl from the Liu family?
"You want to see Brother Su?"

When Xu Qizhuang learned about this and saw Liu Mu coming up to him with a smile on his face, he looked at him suspiciously.

A school official from Shannan Province actually wants to thank Brother Su?

Can't figure it out.

"Exactly."

Liu Mu said with a smile, "I am Liu Mu, the academic officer of Shannan Road. I guess you are the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Xu Qizhuang?"

Xu Qizhuang nodded, "Yes, I am the editor-in-chief of the newspaper."

Liu Mu smiled, and under Xu Qizhuang's confused gaze, he patted Xu Qizhuang's shoulder vigorously, "Third Young Master of the Xu Family, your father and I have some friendship."

"Your father went to Shannan Road a few days ago and drank with me."

Xu Qizhuang: “???”

You're trying to build connections, right?

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying this to try to establish a relationship with you. I'm just telling you that we are all friends."

"Secondly, I am from the Liu family of Shannan Road. Do you understand?"

Xu Qizhuang seemed to be thinking about something, and he cupped his hands and said, "So it was my uncle who was here. I am sorry for the rudeness."

"Good good!"

Liu Mu laughed repeatedly when Xu Qizhuang said "uncle". "Your father said last time that you were making trouble in Chang'an City. In my opinion, your future achievements will definitely surpass your brother and even your father."

Xu Qizhuang smiled modestly, "I heard that uncle rushed to Chang'an City today. I wonder if uncle encountered any difficulties during this trip?"

"It's not a problem, it's a happy thing!"

Liu Mu waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile on his face, "Are those students from Shannan Road sent to Chang'an City by Su Chen?"

Xu Qizhuang pondered and shook his head, "I'm sorry, nephew didn't know this, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

Liu Mu said indifferently: "I am already honored that you can host this competition!"

Xu Qizhuang: "Uncle, what you mean is that if these students achieve something, that will be your political achievement?"

Liu Mu nodded with a smile, "This young man is teachable!"

"As the academic officer of Shannan Road, I am responsible for the education of these students. As long as one of them can beat the students of Chang'an City, it will be the day when Shannan Road will be proud!"

"Now you understand why I want to meet Master Su Chen, right?"

"Understood!"

Xu Qizhuang smiled and nodded.

In other words, these students sent by Cen Wenzhao and the plan formulated by Su Chen were completely intended to bring political achievements to Shannan Province!
There are no requirements for political achievements!
Whenever one of the students from Shannan Road defeats a student from Chang'an City, the three words "Shannan Road" will become an unavoidable shadow for many students in Chang'an City!

Once the scholar mentions Chang'an City, people will think of this incident.

Are the students in Chang'an City very good?

Why did you lose to the students from Shannan Road?

Aren’t the three words Shannan Road bright enough?

"Brother Su has been quite busy lately, and I am not sure whether he will meet Uncle. Why don't you have a cup of tea first, and I will ask someone to go and ask?"

"Oh, that won't do."

Liu Mu waved his hand and said, "This behavior is impolite. When I came here just now, I had already prepared some gifts. You can just take me there."

"Even if he doesn't have time to see me, if I tell others about it, no one will gossip about it!"

Xu Qizhuang raised his eyebrows, perhaps it was not just as simple as not wanting to be gossiped about.

I'm afraid Liu Mu wants to take this opportunity to get on board the prince's big ship!
But it doesn’t matter.

Xu Qizhuang smiled and nodded, "If that's the case, uncle, please wait a moment while I tell the guys in the newspaper office, how about that?"

"Go and do your business."

"it is good."

Xu Qizhuang apologized and walked out of the room. He called Jiang Yang and Zhou Tao over. After briefly explaining the reason, the two of them laughed.

He had no objection to Xu Qizhuang taking Liu Mu to visit Su Chen.

Xu Qizhuang: "Then you guys keep an eye on the newspaper office. Also, don't let anything go wrong at the arena."

Jiang Yang grinned, "Hey, I'll go find Wang Xuance and the others and see who dares to cause trouble."

Xu Qizhuang nodded, turned around and came to Liu Mu, "Uncle, I have arranged everything, please follow me."

"it is good!"

Liu Mu nodded, then took the gift and followed Xu Qizhuang out of the newspaper office.

After walking through the streets and alleys, the two soon arrived at the Prince's Residence.

"Is Brother Su here?"

"Who is this?"

"Uncle Liu Mu, the school official of Shannan Road, came here specially to see Brother Su."

Xu Qizhuang smiled and explained, "Uncle came here this time to express his gratitude to Brother Su. Is Brother Su busy?"

"No, the master is in the main hall, you can go there by yourself."

"Ok."

Xu Qizhuang nodded, smiled and led Liu Mu into the Prince's residence.

Liu Mu looked around. He had heard of Su Chen's name. It was said that this house was called Prince's Residence because the prince had lived here before.

One can imagine the relationship between Su Chen and the prince.

"Brother Su, let me introduce you. This is Liu Mu, the academic official of Shannan Road. He has come to visit you specially."

Su Chen smiled and stood up, bowed and said, "It turns out to be Lord Liu from Shannan Road. I am so sorry for my disrespect."

"Mr. Su, I have heard of your great name a long time ago."

Liu Mu said with a smile, "In fact, I have some friendship with my nephew's father. Now I heard that you have taught a group of enlightenment students in Shannan Road and they came to Chang'an City to exchange academic knowledge. So, I rushed here without stopping."

"I asked my nephew Xu to introduce me to you. I hope you don't mind my indiscreet visit, Master Su."

"How dare you?"

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "Master Liu, please take a seat. Someone will serve tea."

Liu Mu thanked him and sat down, then said with a smile: "Mr. Su, what you did is not authentic."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Master Liu, are you referring to those students from Shannan Road?"

Liu Mu nodded and said, "If I hadn't heard from the prefect about this matter, I would still be kept in the dark."

"No matter what, I am also a school official of Shannan Road. How can I stay out of the matter when students of Shannan Road come to Chang'an City to take exams and study?"

"If you had told me earlier, I would have brought these students here in person!"

Su Chen sighed, "Master Liu has misunderstood. In fact, these students were not taught by me."

"They are folk teachers who taught themselves. I only learned about this a few days ago, so I invited them to come over to study with me and see what their learning results are."

"If I knew that Lord Liu and the prefect took this matter so seriously, I would have personally visited Shannan Road." Seeing that Su Chen did not seem to be lying, Liu Mu smiled and said, "Then we should thank you for this as well."

Su Chen: "Lord Liu is too polite. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's idea to promote enlightenment education. The teachers in Shannan Road saw the beauty of it at a glance and made use of it to train these students. This should be attributed to Lord Liu's academic research."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mu laughed so hard that he could hardly close his mouth. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Mr. Su, you are too kind. You are too kind."

"Although I have devoted myself to academic research in Shannan Dao and have a certain influence, how can I compare to the enlightenment teaching plan of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"The prince must have a brilliant vision to come up with such an amazing plan and train countless learned people for our Tang Dynasty!"

Looking at Su Chen and the other person praising each other, Xu Qizhuang's mouth twitched.

Okay, stop bragging.

If you keep praising him, the credit might just go to His Majesty!

Su Chen: "To be precise, this matter is mostly the work of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but Your Majesty is able to see through the mystery and support the Crown Prince in carrying out this matter, which is also a unique vision!"

Liu Mu nodded repeatedly, "Not bad, not bad, Master Su is right."

Xu Qizhuang: “…”

That's enough, you guys.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Master Liu, have some tea."

Liu Mu smiled and picked up the teacup, also motioning Su Chen to drink tea.

After putting down the teacup, Liu Mu finally told the real purpose of his visit. "Mr. Su, those students are all from Shannan Road. They have no relatives or friends in Chang'an City. I am worried about them."

"I think that since we are here, we should take good care of them and ensure that this academic exchange is a complete success. What do you think?"

"That's really nice."

Su Chen clapped his hands and laughed, "If those students knew that Lord Liu had come to Chang'an City in person to cheer them on, I believe they would be able to shine in this academic exchange!"

Liu Mu was overjoyed: "If that's the case, it would be the best."

"By the way, I heard before that Master Su has never been married and is interested in marrying the daughter of the Lu family?"

"It's just rumors, just rumors."

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand.

Liu Mu said cheerfully, "Although my Liu family is not as well-connected as the Lu family, we still have some connections. Besides, my Liu family's daughters are always gentle and kind. If you don't mind, Mr. Su, why don't you come to Shannan Road to visit us some other day?"

Su Chen: "This..."

Inappropriate?

Why are you matchmaking for me out of the blue?
"Mr. Su, don't be nervous or anxious. It's just a meeting. If you don't have time, forget it."

Liu Mu smiled and changed his words, "When Mr. Su comes to Shannan Road someday, I, Liu Mu, will personally host him and invite you to taste the unique delicacies of our Shannan Road!"

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course, of course."

Liu Mu stood up and said, "If that's the case, then we have a deal. It's getting late, I'll go check on those Shannan Road students."

"it is good."

Su Chen stood up to see him off.

After sending Liu Mu away, Su Chen shook his head and smiled, "Are you enjoying eating the melon?"

Xu Qizhuang grinned and said, "Hey, Brother Su, this is someone who wants to matchmake for you, it's not me who suggested it."

Su Chen smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Cen Wenzhao really gave me a surprise this time."

"By the way, how are the preparations for the ring going?"

"The foundation has been built, and it will be ready for use by sunset at the latest."

After all, it is a platform for competitions, not a martial arts arena. If it needs any reinforcement, it only needs to be raised above the street so that onlookers can see the people on it clearly. Therefore, there is no need to spend too much time and effort to prepare anything.

Su Chen nodded, "Prepare well, and record everything during the competition tomorrow, so that they can publicize it well."

"it is good."

……

Mansion of Duke Shen.

Wei Zheng frowned as he listened to Gao Shilian and the other two telling them what had happened in the court today.

The prince just gave up like that?
Faced with the resignation requests of Shao Yiren and others, you just agreed so readily?
Did the Menxia Province draft an edict for him to sign?

After listening carefully to the descriptions of Gao Shilian and the other two, Wei Zheng felt his scalp tingling.

seem.

All of this is in the prince's hands!

"To retreat in order to advance..."

Wei Zheng spoke slowly, "Faced with the coercion of the ministers, the prince was strong when he needed to be strong. He already showed the signs of a wise ruler."

Gao Shilian stroked his beard and smiled, "So, it's a bit redundant for His Majesty to send you here."

Wei Zheng glared at Gao Shilian and said, "The prince is your majesty's child after all. He is likely to face difficulties from many ministers. How can he not take it seriously?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Yes, it's human nature."

"But then again, we didn't expect the prince to perform so well today."

"Besides, have you heard?"

"The Tianxia Newspaper has released news that a group of initiation students from Shannan Road who have learned Pinyin have arrived in Chang'an City. They will exchange academic knowledge with initiation students in Chang'an City tomorrow."

Wei Zheng sneered, "Haha, to put it nicely, it's an academic exchange. To put it bluntly, Su Chen just wants to use this highly anticipated opportunity to prove that the prince's enlightenment plan is correct and that the students Kong Shaoxin brought here are all carefully selected!"

"Once he succeeds, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's enlightenment plan will be implemented more smoothly, and the Kong and Lu families will be trampled underfoot!"

"Not bad!"

Changsun Wuji nodded, "Once it succeeds, the people of the world will pay special attention to it."

"But now that he's making such a big fuss, isn't he afraid that those people will intentionally try to stop him?"

Gao Shilian sneered, "Hey, that kid is quite a sly fellow."

"Do you believe it or not? Kong Shaoxin and his team brought their students to compete. Can they refuse them from participating?"

"Hey?"

After Gao Shilian said this, Wei Zheng and others immediately laughed.

It is really possible!

If the students brought by Kong Shaoxin cannot participate, then those students from Shannan Road may not have no chance to become famous!
Not all students in Chang'an City are child prodigies!
"I heard there will be a competition tomorrow. Shall we go and take a look then?"

"By all means, come along."

"In that case..."

Wei Zheng stood up and said, "Then I have to go to the palace first."

"What?"

"Your Majesty's order is no longer needed, but your Majesty's concern must be shown to the Crown Prince, right?"

(End of this chapter)